The Supreme Court has directed IIT Bombay to intermittently admit 18-year-old student Siddhant Batra, a resident of Agra, who has been denied admission to BTech due to clicking the wrong link. Actually, clicking that wrong link meant that the student wanted to break away from the admission process.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has asked IIT Bombay to admit him temporarily after hearing the plea of the counsel appearing for the student doctrine. Also, notice has been issued to IIT Bombay on the student's petition. The next hearing will be in January. Siddhant had earlier approached the Bombay High Court but was not relieved from there.
He then moved to the Supreme Court. In his petition, he had requested that IIT Bombay be directed to take admission. Siddhant, who secured 270th rank in the JEE Advanced Examination, appealed for admission on humanitarian grounds.
In the petition, it has said that IIT Bombay should be instructed to arrange for an additional seat. He also said that after the death of the parents, he stays with his maternal grandparents and he has succeeded in the exam in very difficult circumstances. His father died when he was young.
After that mother raised him. Mother also passed away in the year 2018. After that Nana Nani is taking care of him. According to him, on October 31, while he was processing online admissions. At the same time, the wrong link was unknowingly suppressed. Suppressing that link meant that he does not want to enroll.
Earlier, after considering his petition, the Bombay High Court had asked the IIT to consider the report of the principle and pass the appropriate order. IIT Bombay said that its seats are full and it is bound by the rules. The IIT also said that the process was of two stages, in which case the link clicked unknowingly does not seem right.